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A new statewide poll indicates that Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom of San Francisco and Republican businessman John Cox of Rancho Santa Fe have big leads over other candidates in next month’s primary election, positioning them to face each other in the November runoff. The survey and electoral...

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All crimes reported from May 16 to May 22 Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive crimes (e.g. crimes involving children) may not be available in order to protect the privacy of the victim(s). The U-T...

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A man accused of beating an El Cajon police officer inside a fast-food restaurant was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on charges including assault on a peace officer and being under the influence of methamphetamine. Daniel Moses Cook, 43, is accused in the July 17 attack on Officer Jose Sioson,...

Business

Travel over the Memorial Day weekend is expected to be the busiest on record with more than 3.2 million Southern Californians forecast to leave home — a 5.3 percent over last year. According to the Automobile Club of Southern California, the last record was set in 2005 when 3.2 million Southern...

Sports

Tyson Ross makes it sound easy, but he also knows how important what he’s doing is for the Padres. Now and potentially (probably) later. “I’m just going out there trying to give the team a chance to win,” he said. “Six, seven (innings,) whatever it may be. I only get the ball once every five days,...

Entertainment

Balboa Park celebrates its sesquicentennial on Saturday with a community-friendly bash marking the 150th anniversary of the park’s founding by the city of San Diego Board of Trustees and the celebration of the park’s plants and gardens known as Fiesta Botanica. “It was just fortuitous,” said Sue...

Lifestyle

American women, get with it. Grilling isn’t strictly a guy thing. Let’s give a boot to the “women cook, men grill” stereotype. After all, as chef Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins told me, the women she knows in Mexico routinely cook with fire — and it’s not because it’s hip. It’s out of necessity. All...